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CENTENNIAL 
ANNIVERSARY 

ORWIGSBURG 

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HISTORY OF ORWIGSBURG AND 

ILLUSTRATIONS OF RESIDENCES 

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THE ORWIGSBURG CIVIC ASSOCIATION, at whose 
instance this Book is presented, had its inception in a meet- 
ing of the public-spirited citizens of the town, including 
leading members of the churches and male societies, held Septem- 
ber 16th, 1912, to discuss "Our Civic Needs." The temporary 
ofificers were S. R. Kepner, President, and H. W. Smith, Secre- 
tary. 

At a subsequent meeting held October 14, 1912, at the same 
place, a preamble was adopted, the temporary officers made per- 
manent and a Vice-President, Rutherford T. Lebengood, and 
Treasurer. George W. Garrett, were elected. 

The preamble adopted follows : 

"We, the citizens of the Borough of Orwigsburg, Pennsyl- 
vania, in order to promote a healthy moral atmosphere ; to afford 
means to child and adult for physical and social culture ; to en- 
large the interests and opportunities of all the citizens ; and, in 
order that we may unite the forces that tend for good in the com- 
munity, do hereby organize this Civic Association." 

On February 3, 1913, it was decided to hold a Centennial 
Celebration from June 8-14. The following Committee of Ar- 
rangements was appointed : 

Rutherford T. Lebengood, Chairman 
John S. Zulick, Secretary 
H. S. Albright 
W. H. Edwards 
W. C. Kepner. , ', 






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yO PETER OR WIG. founder of 
■* Orivigsburg, and to all those who 
have had a part in the "Forward" move- 
ment in our town, we respectfully dedicate 

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The Civic Association. 




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OFFICBES OP CIVIC ASSOCIATION 

H. W. Smith, Butb. I.ebengood, Q. W. Qarratt. 

S. B. Kepner, Otaalrmam. 



EXECITTIVE COMDIIXTEE 




H. S. Albright 



W. H. Edwards 





Eev. H. A. Weller 



Bev. E. B. Selp 




Bev. James B. Mussei 




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Methodist Church 




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Evangelical CbuTCh 




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DEVOTIONAL AND HISTORICAL COMMITTEE 

Top Row — H. H. BrownmlUer, Rev. Henry Leisse, Rev. H. A. Weller, Chairman. 

Bottom Row — Rev. E. R. Seip, Kev. J. B. Musser. 




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EDUCATIONAL DAT COMMITTEE 
H. W. Smitli, Cbalrman; Geo. C. Diefenderfer, Lin B. ZuUck, Jno. A. Werner, Jr. 




INVITATIONS COMMITTEE 

Top Bow — Geo. C. Diefendcrfer, GUs Samuel, diairman. 

Bottom Bow — C. H. Haeseler, I. B. Zulick, J. T. Sboener. 






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FIREMEN'S DAY COMMITTEE 

Top How — N. H. Miller, Theo Sell, T. J. Reed, C. B. Brown, W. H. Deitzler. 

Bottom Row — F. L. Holzer, J. E. S. Waltman, Chairman; W. D. Scharadin, Geo. M. Iiindenmuth. 




EECEPTION COMMITTEE 

Top Eow — Jere Smitli, Emanuel Kauffman, Edward Shoener, Wesley Seltzer. 

Middle Eow — S. D. Deibert, H. F. J. Fegley, Jolrn A. Werner, Sr. 

Bottom Eow — Thomas Anthony, Chairman; L. W. Kern, John Faust. 




FINANCE COMMITTEE 

Top Row — Geo. H. Blckley, J. H. Walborn, G. E, Leininger. 

Bottom Row — G. W. Garrett, J. H. Long, Chairman; M. E. Campbeli. 




MUSIC COMMITTEE 

Top Bow — C. E. Greenawaia, W. H. Edwards, Chairman; Edw. H. Reed. 

Middle Bow — G. C. Miller, H. F. Ketner, Jno. A. Diefenderfer. 

Bottom Bow — F. C. Leymeister, Clarence Fidler. 




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PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE 
altman, S. B. Kepner, Chairman; Burd B. Linder. 




DECOEATIONS AND FIRE WORKS COMMITTEE 

Top Row — ^A. S. Yost, Burd R. Linder, Chairman. 

Bottom Row — H. B. Honsberger, F. J. Fey, Ralph Delhert. 




CIVIC- DAT COMMITTEE 
TOpEow— F. C. Eeymeister, Ji H. Adams, M. E. Bagraistose. 
Bottom How^-Geo. Hubler, W. Alfred Dietrich, Chairman. 




FAEMEES' DAY COMMITTEE 

Top Bow — O. E. Miller, Chairman; Charles Kramer, F. A. Faust. 

Bottom Bow— John Shoener, Andrew Fotts, James Heine. 


















AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS COMMITTEE 

Top Row — Alliert LeTjengood, Chairman; Wm. Rohrer, Geo. T. Wagner. 

Bottom Row — D. E. Boyer, Claude S. Teager, S. R. Eepner. 




OAENIVAl DAY COMMITTEE 

Top Bow — Henry A. ^nitb, C. W. Edwards, Chairman; John F. Krater. 

Bottoin Brow^ — John D. Moyer, Herman G. Miller. 




SOUVENIR COMMITTF.E 

Top Row — Sidney B. Smith, Ralph A. Under. 

Bottom Row — R. W. Moyer, Chairman; S. Clyde Kepner. Guy F. Shoener. 



INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE 

O. S. Heist, Chairman 
Albert Reed 
Oscar Knipe 
Morris Schraer 
Joseph Raub 
F. G. Woodington. 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 



F. S. Brown, Chairman 
H. S. Albright. 



PRINTING AND ADVERTISING 
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S. R. Kepner, Chairman 
E. Ray Linder 
Robert Heist 
Theo. Leininger. 



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RESIDENCES OF ORWIGSBURG 




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PREFACE 

THE compiler of these sketches does not claim to be an 
historian, nor does he claim this to be a complete his- 
tory of the town of Orwigsburg, but merely sketches 
and early annals of the borough as he found them recorded 
in various publications and original manuscripts and docu- 
ments, all of which are in his own possession. 

In preparing the sketches, the writer has made free use 
of the following works : Volumes 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Publi- 
cations of the Historical Society of Schuylkill County; 
Rupp's, Munsell's and Wiley's Histories of Schuylkill 
County, Old Schuylkill Tales, and a number of old Manu- 
scripts and Documents, some of which were never published. 

J. E. SPANNUTH. 



HISTORY OF ORWIGSBURG 



THE title to the site of Orwigsburg dates from the time when King 
Charles II of England, in 1681, for a consideration of 1,600 pounds ster- 
ling, granted to William Penn, by charter, the title to what is now the 
State of Pennsylvania. Penn divided the province into three counties, namely : 
Philadelphia, Bucks, and Chester. The site of Orwigsburg being then in 
Philadelphia County. By enactment of the Provincial Council, approved on 
the eleventh day of March, 1752, the County of Berks was formed. This 
placed Orwigsburg within the limits of that county. By an Act of the As- 
sembly of the Commonwealth, approved March 1st, 1811, the County of 
Schuylkill was formed from portions of Berks and Northampton Counties and 
Orwigsburg was chosen as the county seat. 

The earliest settlers of which we have authentic records were m.ostly 
Germans, amongst them being Wilhelm Deibert, who settled near here in 
1744. His neighbor, John H^artman, came here about one year later. George 
Gottfried Orwig and Glora, his wife, settled in 1747, at Sculp's Hill, a short 
distance south of the site of Orwigsburg. Amongst others that settled prior 
to the Indian Wars were Thomas Reed and a family by the name of Swartz. 

The first settler on the site of Orwigsburg was Francis Yarnall, a 
Quaker, whose grandfather, Francis Yarnall, came to America from Wor- 
cestershire, England, in 1683, purchasing a large tract of land from William 
Penn and settling in Chester County. Francis Yarnall, the younger, settled 
in Berks County in the Spring of 1740. In 1741 he married Mary Lincoln, a 
daughter of Mordecai Lincoln, who was the great-grandfather of Abraham 
Lincoln. About 1755 he took up a tract of land in Manheirri Township, near 
the Schuylkill River. His right and title, by sundry conveyances and assur- 
ances became vested in Peter Orwig, who obtained a deed from the Common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania, bearing date of 20th of February, 1795, for 309 acres, 
26 perches and allowances of six per cent, for roads. (Fac-simile of above 
deed is reproduced elsewhere in this book.) 

Rupp, in his History of Schuylkill County, published in 1845, writes of 
many Indian massacres having been perpetrated in this vicinity. In the early 
part of February, 1756, the Indians committed several cruel and barbarous 
murders in this township. On the 14th of February, the Indians came to the 
house of Frederick Reichelsderfer, shot two of his children, set the house and 
barn on fire and burned all of his grain and cattle. They then proceeded to 
the house of Jacob Gerhard, where they killed one man, two women and six 
children. In November, 1756, the Indians again appeared and carried of? the 
wife and three children of Adam. Burns. In the month of June, 1757, the 
Indians murdered one Adam Trump and carried away his wife and son, a lad 
of nineteen years. The woman later escaped, though pursued by the Indians. 

The Hartman Tragedy, to which several counties including Union, Leba- 
non and Schuylkill lay claim, is generally conceded to have occurred in 
Schuylkill, near where Orwigsburg now stands. 

In 1745 John Hartman and family left their native home in Retlinsen^ 
Germany, and became one of the first settlers of this vicinity. In the autumn 



of 1755, Hartinan and his older son, George, went to the fields to sow wheat. 
Mrs. Hartman and Christian, the younger son, left the house to go to the mill, 
leaving the two daughters, Barbara, aged eleven years, and Regina, aged nine 
years, to care for the house and prepare dinner fOr their father and brother. 
While they were seated at the dinner table, their faithful dog, Wasser, rushed 
into the house, growling fiercely. The father, knowing that such conduct on 
the part of the dog meant something unusual, took down his rifle from, off its 
hooks above the fire-place and cautiously stepped to the door. Instantly two 
shots rang out and John Hartman sank to the floor dead. His son sprang to 
his assistance and was also shot down. The Indians then carried off the two 
daughters, after burning the buildings. On Mrs. Hartman's return from the 
mill she found the cabin in ashes and her husband and children either dead or 
taken captives by the Indians, whereupon she fled to the interior settlement at 
Tulpenhocken. 

At the close of the Indian Wars, through the efforts of Colonel Boquet, 
Mrs. Hartman and Regina were again restored to each other. Barbara, how- 
ever, had been killed by the Indians. 

George Gottfried Orwig, who with his wife settled a short distance below 
Orwigsburg in 1747, was born in Grosstadt, Nassau, Germany, August 24th, 
1719, and died near Orwigsburg May 26th, 1804. He had the following child- 
ren : George, Peter, Henry and Elizabeth, vho married and with her husband 
went west. About 1773, George married Mary Gilbert and located on Pine 
Creek, where he built a house and mill. His son, Isaac married a daughter of 
Conard Yeager, in 1809. 

In 1773 Peter Orwig married a woman whose name cannot be ascer- 
tained. To this union two children were born : Maria Rebecca and Johann 
Heinrich. For a number of years Peter Orwig was a Justice of the Peace. As 
early as 1786 he owned 504 acres of land surrounding Orwigsburg. 

Henry Orwig owned considerable land in this vicinity in the later part of 
the eighteenth century, but resided at Hamburg. 

The first road that passed through this vicinity was the old Windsor 
Road. It was built a short time after the formation of Berks County. This 
road began at Reading and ran northward along the Schuylkill River through 
Maiden Creek and Windsor Township until it reached Port Clinton. The 
increasing settlements of Brunswick and Manheim Townships required a 
better outlet to the county seat, and this in 1754 led to the extension of this 
road through these townships, terminating somewhat north of Orwigsburg. 
In 1780 this road was extended to Fort Augusta (now Sunbury) and was 
known as the King's Highway, or Great Road. On the 21st of March, 1805. 
by an Act of the Assembly, the Centre Turnpike Company was incorporated 
for the purpose of building a road from Sunbury, in Northumberland County, 
to Reading, in Berks County, where it joined the road leading to Philadelphia. 
Until the beginning of navigation along the Schuylkill River, this Great Road 
was the thoroughfare over which all commerce between Philadelphia and Sun- 
bury was carried on. In 1811 a weekly stagecoach was run between Philadel- 
phia and Sunbury, and from then on, travel between these two cities increased 
until 1829, when three daily lines ran over this road. 

The Act which created Schuylkill Count3% approved by the Governor 



March 1st, 1811, also provided that, until a court house could be erected, the 
courts should be held in the public house of Abraham Reifsnyder, in Bruns- 
wick Township. 

In accordance with this provision, the first court was held in the east 
room of this house on the third Monday of December, 1811. Judge Porter, of 
the third Judicial District, which consisted of Wayne, Schuylkill, Berks and 
Northampton Counties, presided and George Rausch and Daniel Yost sat as 
associate judges. The contables in attendance were Christian Kaup, Bruns- 
wick; Jacob Emerich, Manheim ; Isaac Reed, Norwegian; Christopher Barn- 
hard ; Pinegrove ; Peter Rehr, Upper Mahantongb ; Joseph Keefer, Lower 
Mahantongo ; George dinger, Schuylkill. William Green, then High Sheriff, 
returned the precept duly executed and the following persons were sworn at 
the first grand inquest: B. Kepner, George Bodey, Jacob Houser, A. Yost, 
P. Fegley, Tobias Wagner, Isaac Yarnall, P. Kaup, Conrad Roeder, D. 
Fenstermacher, D. Bensinger, P. Albright, Joseph Hecke, Joseph Old, A. 
Hofifer, John Hoch, D. Graefif, George Hillegas, A. Gilbert, P. Seidell and 
Conrad Yeager. The following attorneys were admitted: George Wolf, 
Charles Evans, Fred Smith, William Witman, J. B. Hubley, M. J. Biddle, Sam 
Baird and John Ewing. Fred Hesser was Crier of the Court. 

The Act of Assembly which created Schuylkill County, made Berks and 
Schuylkill Counties a Legislative District and Berks, Schuylkill, Chester and 
Lancaster Counties a Congressional District. It also provided for the ap- 
pointment of three Commissioners not citizens of either Berks or North- 
ampton, to fix the location of the seat of justice. McKeansburg, Schuylkill 
(Haven) and Orwigsburg were the most favorable locations with claims about 
equal. It is said that Peter Frailey, Daniel Graefif, John Kolb; John Dreher, 
Philip Hoy and others induced the owners of saw mills on the Mohannan 
Creek to stop the flow of water from their mill dams and at the prearranged 
signal (the blowing of a horn) to hoist the flood gates, and the stream, greatly 
swollen in consequence, so strongly impressed the commissioners with the 
manufacturing prospects of Orwigsburg, that they decided in its favor. 

The growth of the town was slow until this time. During the five years 
following, however, many lawyers and their families and others came to reside 
here. Amongst them were J. B. Hubley and E. B. Hubley, the latter Con- 
gressman for the Schuylkill, Berks and Lehigh Districts in 1834. The above 
named were grandsons of Colonel James Burd, who distinguished himself 
through the French and Indian Wars, 1755-'63. Christopher Loeser, a soldier 
of the War of 1812, was one of the ablest attorneys of his time. Mr. Loeser 
and Charlemagne Tower, who also lived here, married sisters, named Louisa 
and Lavina Bartlett. To the Towers, while residents of Orwigsburg, a son, 
Charlemagne, was born. Charlemagne Tower, Jr., afterward became Ambas- 
sador to Germany, serving his country in that capacity for a number of years. 
Other prominent residents of Orwigsburg at that time were: John M. Bickel, 
State Treasurer; John W. Rosebury, Michael Graeff, Jacob Hammer, these 
being members of the Legislature ; Charles E. Frailey, State Senator ; George 
Rahn, John T. Werner, Reverend George Minnich and Reverend Phillip 
Moyer. The Linders, Schaeffers, Albrights, Folmers, Shoeners, Bodeys, 
Kimmels, Fegleys, Moyers, Hummels, Ridgways, Zulicks. Swalms, Hofifmans, 



Haeselers, Hoys, Deiberts, Hartmans, Yosts, Schollenbergers, Matzes, Krebes, 
Reeds, Yeagers, Kepners and others were residents of Orwigsburg and 
vicinity prior to 1840. 

In conformity to an Act of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, passed on the 
twelfth of March, 1813, Orwigsburg becam.e incorporated as a borough. From 
this time on the town made more rapid growth and from 1809 to 1829 the 
population increased to about 650 inhabitants. Orwigsburg is the oldest bor- 
ough in the County. 

The first Schuylkill Court House was erected at Orwigsburg in 1815. It 
was of brick, two stories high and was about 40 by 50 feet. The court room 
was on the first floor, the jury rooms and public offices, on the second floor. 
The first court was held in it in the Spring of 1816, while the building was still 
unfinished. In 1827 a one story brick building about thirty feet square was 
built about thirty feet in the rear of the court house. This was used to store 
public records and contained two fire-proof vaults. In 1846 an addition was 
built to the court house, filling the gap between the two buildings and convert- 
ing them into one building. This served the county until its removal to Potts- 
ville in 1851. The project of removing the seat of justice to Pottsville was 
agitated as early as 1831 at a meeting held at the Exchange Hotel in Pottsville, 
November 19th of that year. This end was not accomplished, however, until 
in 1847 when, in compliance with the prayers of many petitioners, the Legis- 
lature passed an act on March 13th, 1847, which provided that the question be 
submitted to the voters of the county. The result of the election was 3,551 for 
the removal and 3,092 against it. The public records were moved to the new 
court hou.se .at Pottsville, December 1st, 1851. Previous to the erection of a 
jail in Orwigsburg, prisoners were confined in the cellar of Reifsnyder's 
tavern. ■ The most shifty prisoners were chained to a ring at one end of this 
cellar. When this becam.e overcrowded, prisoners were also confined in the 
cellar of Judge Rausch's home. The first jail was built in 1814. It was built 
of field stone, about thirty-two feet square and two stories high. By a subse- 
quent addition its dimensions were made about 80 feet by 32 feet. It served 
the county until 1852, when the new jail at Pottsville was completed. In ac- 
cc rdance with the act of removal the old jail was converted into a school liouse 
for which purpose it served for many years. 

Since that time Orwigsburg has grown and prospered until, at this writ- 
ing, it has a population of about 2,000, with eleven shoe factories, four knitting 
mills, a large paper-box factory, a cigar factory and several other manufactur- 
ing businesses. 

Orwigsburg has long since outgrown its "C'ld Jail-School House," and 
two large, modern school houses, containing nine class rooms, three recitation 
rooms and a directors' room, have been built. There are also four churches, 
each one in a beautiful, practically new building. The standard for morals 
and intelligence of the people of Orwigsburg is far above the average for a 
town of its size, as may be judged from the support its people give to any cause 
that deals with reform, or intellectual uplift. Music is a natural talent of a 
large num.ber of Orwigsburg's people, there being four well organized church 
choirs, a high school orchestra, two uniformed bands with joint membership 
of about fifty men and a uniformed drum corps with a membership of fifteen. 



The Town Couneil 

at present consists of : 

J. H. Walborn President 

O. D. Petery Secretary 

W. A. Dietrich Jere Smith 

H. G. Miller A. L. Reed 

S. A. Reigel H. Alspach 

Thos. Reed is Chief Burgess and John Seifert, High Constable; Emanuel 
Kaufifman, Supervisor and M. H. Moyer, Solicitor. 



Board of Health of Orwigsburg 

The Board of Health of the Borough of Orwigsburg was organized July 
17th, 1893, with the following members : 

Dr. G. K. Binkley A. E. Brown 

AV. C. Kepner George Wise 

G. C. Diefnderfer A. S. Yost, 

Sanitary Police Officer 

The members of the Board of Health at the present time are the follow- 
ing : 

M. L. Bagenstose William Mattern 

William Deitzler Irvin Long 

Emanuel Kaufifman, W. H. Edwards 

Health Officer Secretary 



Friendship Hose Co., No. 1, was organized August 21st, 1886, with seven 
charter members, and with the following officers : 

S. R. Kepner President 

A. S. Yost Vice President 

R. S. Fey Secretary 

C. F. Rapp Treasurer 

T. J. Reed Chief 

Directors were the following: 

A. S. Yost George A. Rehr 

F. L. Holtzer William Holtzer 

C. F. Rapp William Mattern 

W. C. Kepner 

The company was incorporated March 7th, 1887. At that time the old 
hand engine built in 1809 by Pat Lyons, and owned by the Borough of Orwigs- 



burg for a period of thirt}' years prexious, was still in use. Later a steamer 
was purchased and used until January, 1912, when a modern six cylinder 
gasoline engine was installed. The company is contemplating the purchase of 
a combination wagon, after which its equipment will equal that of larger 
towns. 

The company now has a membership of 156 and apparatus valued at 
$4,000. The present officers are : 

J. E. S. Waltman , President 

Theodore Sell Vice President 

G. M. Lindenmuth Secretary 

C. F. Rapp Treasurer 

M. H. Miller -j 

C. W. Deibert > Trustees 

Theodore Sell j 

F. L. Holtzer Foreman 

F. T. Reed ^ 

C. W. Deibert. . . ; > Assistant Foremen 

N. H. Miller I 

Theodore Sell Chief Engineer 

T. E. S. Waltman '. ^ 

John P. Geiger. J j^^^-^^^^^^^ 

Georg-e M. Lindenmuth I 

C. B. Brown J 

The company also maintains a Firemen's Relief Association. 



CHURCHES 



A PUBLIC MEETING held at Orwigsburg, November 10, 1819, was the 
means of instituting the first Bible Society of Schuylkill County. It 
was the first step toward a religious movement in this community. 

James B. Hubley was the chairman of this meeting and Michael Graefif, 
Secretary, and after several meetings were held they composed their constitu- 
tion and the following officers were elected : President, Rev. Geo. Minnich ; 
Vice President, George Rausch ; Recording Secretary, Michael Graeff; Cor- 
responding Secretary, James B. Hubley. 

The Society was prosperous only for a short time and as to just how long 
it existed it is not exactly known. 

Salem Evangelical Congregation was permanently organized Tanuary 23. 
1824. This being the first Evangelical Church in the State of Pennsylvania. 
It was instituted by Bishop John Seybert. 

A few miles distant from the borough limits the Lutheran Church was 
established in 1755 ; first removed within the present borough limits in 1833 
and into a separate building in 1844. 



The Reformed Church was established in the borough in 1831, and 
the Methodist began its career in 1901. 

The present population of Orwigsburg, as near "as can be ascertained, is 
two thousand and of these eleven hundred and eighty-five are reported to be 
connected with the Church, ten hundred and ninety-seven are actively con- 
nected with the Sunday Schools. 

We now have four denominations, Lutheran, Reformed, Evangelical and 
Methodist. The first pastor of each church was .as follows: Rev. A. T. 
Geissenheimer, D. D., of the Lutheran ; Rev. Philip Mayer, of the Reformed ; 
Bishop John Seybert, of the Evangelical, and Rev. J. E. Reber, of the Metho- 
dist. The present pastors are : Rev. H. A. Weller, Lutheran ; Rev. J- B. 
Musser, Reformed, and Rev. E. R. Seip, Evangelical. 

The organizations active in church within the churches, aside from Sun- 
day Schools : 

Lutheran — Ladies' Aid and Missionary Society, Camp Fire Girls, 
Women's Association, Women's Sewing Class and Small Girls' Sewing Class. 

Reformed — Christian Endeavor, both Senior and Junior, Women's Mis- 
sionary Society, Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip. 

Evangelical — Senior and Junior Young People's Alliance, Ladies' Aid 
Society and Women's Missionary. 

Methodist — Ladies' Auxiliary and Epworth League. 

The total value of the church property of Orwigsburg is about $100,000. 

The benevolent activities aside from current expenses the churches have 
participated in during the year: 

Missions $ 826 84 

Education 178 20 

Orphans Home 166 60 

Church Extension 1 10 55 

Synodical Fund, General 135 70 

Church Debt 1,425 00 

Flood Sufferers 101 00 

Old Preachers' and Old People's Home 30 00 

$2,973-89 

The annual current charges to maintain the work of the churches in 
Orwigsburg are $5,000.00. 

H. H. BROWNMILLER. 



OUR SCHOOLS 

THE pioneer school house of Orwigsburg was built along co-operative 
lines ; some citizens furnished stones, some logs and hauled them, some 
mechanics contributed labor, so that the net cost did not exceed $20.00. 
These buildings usually accompanied the meeting-house with the teacher serv- 
ing as organist or preacher. The course of instruction in the German lan- 
guage consisted of reading, writing, arithmetic and catechism, interspersed 
with the singing of Psalms. The first school was taught by John Geisen- 
heimer in a log building where now stand the ruins of the old Reformed 
Church. Later a school was established on the land now occupied by the 
house of the late W. C. Kepner. About this time Mrs. Margaret Roseberry 
taught a private school located on West Market Street. The foundation walls 
of this building may be seen on the lot adjoining Paul Carnes" hom.e on the 
east. In 1826 a school house built of stone, one story high was erected on the 
southwest corner of Franklin Street, where is now located the Evangelical 
cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Long were the teachers, Mr. Long teaching the boys 
and Mrs. Long, the girls. This furnished school accommodations until the 
old jail was fitted up in 1864. From this time until 1889 this with the Old 
Academy building was used for public school purposes. 

One hundred years since, in 1813, through the liberality of a few of its 
citizens and an appropriation of $2,000.00 from the State, the Orwigsburg 
Academy was established, with the provision in its charter that the income 
from $1,000.00 should be applied to the gratuitous education of poor children. 
During the peiod from 1830 to 1850 it ranked in literary activity as one of the 
foremost academies in the State, and prepared pupils to enter the sophomore 
class of Yale and other leading colleges and universities ; but from., the latter 
date it gradually sank into oblivion and after being used for public school pur- 
poses for a few years, the building was demolished in 1870. 

On April 10th, 1854, Professor W. J. Burnside opened in the old court 
house a co-educational seminary under the title of the Arcadian Institute. The 
course of study consisted of the elementary branches of an English education, 
Classical and Modern Languages, and Music. At the first session there were 
35 pupils enrolled. In 1855 Mr. Burnside was succeeded by Elias Schneider, 
A. M., who was later succeeded by Rev. Fries. Not receiving the proper en- 
couragement, the seminary terminated its existence in 1864. Today the build- 
ing is occupied by the Rehr Shoe Company. 

State Senator William Audenried, representing Berks and Schuylkill 
Counties, in the legislative session of 1825 advocated a system of common 
schools for the State. The first county in the State to adopt the school bill 
of 1834, establishing a system of Free Education, was Schuylkill, and the first 
districts to accept, through their delegates at the first meeting called to con- 
sider the provisions of the school bill of 1834, were Schuylkill, Norwegian, 
Pottsville and Orwigsburg. 

Although the voters of Schuylkill County chose Pottsville for their 
count}^ seat, they were not able to take with them the educational trend of 
mind of our citizens of German extraction. Throughout our school history 
most eminent men have served as educators. Former County Superintendent 



of Schools Jesse Newlin taught here. Among the living ex-principals of our 
schools are Judge Wagner, of Reading; A. E. Linder, principal and owner of 
a private preparator}^ school at Mohegan, N. Y. ; Charles Boyer, superinten- 
dent of the Atlantic Schools ; Charles E. Foose, superintendent of schools, 
Reading; Charles E. Sweeney, superintendent of schools. Darby ;and P. W. M. 
Pressel, assistant superintendent of schools, Warren. 

When the State Department of Public Instruction classified the schools 
of this county Orwigsburg with a population of 1801 was classified with Potts- 
ville with a population of more than 20,000, Shenandoah with 25,000, Mahanoy 
City with 15,000 and Tamaqua with 10,000. Today our schools are rated 
higher than the schools of any other town of equal population in this county 
and perhaps in the state. We claim it is the individual minds of the pupils 
and not population that establishes the school system. 

Our schools were conducted in the old jail from 1864 until 1869, at which 
time a modern six room building was erected. This building proving inade- 
quate, the Board of Education, of which we are proud, directed the construc- 
tion of our new building, two rooms of which are now occupied, one for High 
School purposes and one for Primary purposes. Our High School enrollment 
this year was 48 and our first grade enrollment, 50, total enrollment being 350. 

In 1907, through the efforts of Ex-Senator Charles E. Quail, of Auburn, 
our museum was begun by a collection received from the Philadelphia 
Museum; this was augmented December 9th, 1912, from the same source 
■ through the persistence of Representative John Robert Jones, of Schuylkill 
Haven. To this collection our citizens have contributed many valuable and 
desirable educational additions. Mrs. Samuel Madden contributed a collec- 
tion of stones and the keys to the old county jail; Miss Grace Bodey, the uni- 
form and sword of Major Krebs and other Civil War relics ; Mrs. Geo. C. 
Diefenderfer, excellent specimens of coral and a leaf from a Hindu Bible, in its 
original form ; Mrs. Isabel Albright, beautiful specimens of seaweed ; Mrs. 
Thomas Yeager. a revolver used in 1830 by Bernard Kepner, the stage-coach 
driver between Orwigsburg and Philadelphia ; Edward Seltzer, two birds and 
an humming-bird's nest. 

Our school library consists of upwards of 500 volumes of books and two 
encyclopedias housed in a sectional book-case in sixteen sections. The sec- 
tional book-cases, the piano and roll-top desk Avere purchased by the High 
School pupils. We are equipped with a Crowell Physical Laboratory. 

Our new High School building, designed in a modern, simple manner, is 
the pride of our town. Those in authority tell us we are more beautifully and 
conveniently equipped than is any other small town of our population in the 
State of Pennsylvania. The walls of this building are handsomely decorated 
with artistic pictures, purchased by our Alumni Association. The Alumni As- 
sociation organized in 1892, consists of 200 members, including the class of 
1913. The evidence of its activity is not onl}^ what you see on the walls of 
the High School building, but also a treasury of $158.00. 

Our Board of Education is an exceptional body of actively interested, 
cultured gentlemen, sacrificing valuable time without a murmur of discontent, 
and laboring in the interests of the boys and girls of our communit}^ The 



members of the present Board of Education, together with the number of years 
they have served are : 

George C. Diefenderfer President, {27 years) 

W. Clinton Kepner Vice President, (20 years) 

Wm. H. Edwards Secretary, (17 3'ears) 

John S. Zulick (14 years) 

Rutherford T. Lebengood, (2 years). 

John A. Werner, (succeeded W. C. Kepner, May 19th, 1913). 

George W. Garrett, Treasurer, (22 years) . 

Henry Deibert, Janitor and Truant Officer, (19 j'-ears). 

The Alumni Association officers are : 

Rutherford T. Lebengood President 

Bertha M. Shoener Secretary 

Mildred M. Kepner Treasurer 

Our teachers are : 

Harry W. Smith, A. Grace Filler, 

Sup. Principal , Assistant 

Norman L. Stein Olivia M. Ketner 

Elsie M. Bagenstose Lottie M. Edwards 

Florence M. Shoener E. Blanche Rudy 
Sadie V. Shoener 

H. W. SMITH. 



INDUSTRIES 



Shoe Manufacturing 

THE history of the progress and development of the shoe manufacturing 
industr}' in Orwigsburg, beginning' with the organization of the Orwigs- 
burg Shoe Manufacturing Company in 1873, is the history of Orwigs- 
burg's industrial awakening. Enjoying no special advantages favorable to 
manufacturing, handicapped by poor railroad facilities up to 1889, when the 
Lizard Creek branch of the Lehigh A^alley Railroad was constructed, the 
steady growth of the industry under adverse conditions is little short of 
phenomenal. At a conservative estimate there were produced in the shoe 
factories during the 3'ear 1912 about one million, four hundred thousand pairs 
of children's shoes with an approximate ^•alue of $1,250,000.00. 

When coal supplanted agriculture as the most important industry in the 
Schuylkill Valley, resulting in the removal of the county seat to Pottsville, 
Orwigsburg was left with scarcely an excuse for existence. Business stagna- 
tion followed, and the population decreased for a time. Many ambitious 
yotmg men and whole families removed to Pottsville and other towns that 
offered larger opportunity. From 1861 to 1865 the Civil AA^ar levied heavy 



tribute on the best young manhood of the town, postponing for a few more 
years the day of its industrial new-birth. 

It is not to be supposed that the men whose energy and optimism gave 
to the town its first factor}^ were not moved to some extent by the promise 
of reward ; but it is certain that Solomon R. Moyer, Thomas Hoy and their as- 
sociates were men of "faith and vision," lacking not the public spirit that was 
needed to invest their capital in a new, untried and unfamiliar enterprise. They 
were pioneers, clearing the way for those who were to follow. Today, when 
Orwigsburg shoes are worn and appreciated in every state in the Union, we 
can well afford to acknowledge our debt of gratitude to the bold spirits who 
made it possible. It is fitting also that we bestow a word of praise upon the 
men who "commencing with a shoe string," working early and late, raising 
themselves "by their own boot straps," established businesses that stand upon 
the solid foundations of honesty and integrity and have become fixtures in the 
industrial life of the community. 

It would be an incomplete history of Orwigsburg's shoe m.anufacturing 
industry that failed to take into account one of the most important factors that 
has made for its success and permanency ; we refer to the character of the men 
and women employed. Honest, industrious, sober and thrifty, with higher 
moral standards than are usually found in factory towns, their characteristics 
are reflected in the goods they produce. It is significant that in forty years 
there has been neither strike nor lock-out — surely a tribute to the intelligence 
and reasonableness of employees and their co-operation with employers. 

In 1873 Solomon R. Moyer and Thomas Hoy leased the old Court House 
for a period of ninety-nine years and immediately organized the Orwigsburg 
Shoe Manufacturing Compan}' with the following officers : Solomon R. Moyer, 
President ; Charles Dengler, Vice President ; Thomas Ho}^, Treasurer, and 
John T. Shoener, Secretary. The factory system of shoe m.aking was then in 
its infancy and all the machinery was run by foot-power. 

The business was successful from the beginning. Hand methods slowly 
but sureh' gave way to improved machinery and ere the end of the first decade 
steam power had been inti-oduced in all the factories. After several years of 
practical experience new firms grew out of the parent concern. Successively 
factories were established by Thos. B. Zulick in 1875, Bickley & Anthony in 
1878, Albright & Brown in 1880, Shoener & Co. in 1881, A. E. Brown & Co. in 
1883, Beck, Haeseler & Co. in 1885, The Folmer Shoe Co. in 1889, Kepner, 
Scott and Co. in 1890, Eisenhuth & Miller in 1891, J. S. Zulick & Co. in 1893, 
The Reliable Shoe Co. in 1896, The Rehr Shoe Co. in 1899, Reed & Shappell in 
1905, Rohrer & Co. in 1906, F. C. Gerber & Brother in 1911, Bickley-Walborn 
Mfg. Co. in 1911. 

Established upon a sound financial basis, with the prestige of a reputation 
built upon forty years of honest shoe-making, who shall say that the future of 
the industry is not brilliant with promise. The following are the firms now 
engaged in shoe manufacturing : 

The firm of H. S. Albright & Co., established in 1880, is a partnership 
consisting of H. S. Albright and George C. Diefenderfer. They manufacture 
misses', chilren's and infants' McKay sewed and Good3'ear Turn shoes, operat- 
ing two factories : At East Market Street, Orwigsburg and Landingville, Pa. 



The employees in both factories ninrber about one hundred and thirty-five, 
with a daily output of fifteen hundred pairs. 

Bickley-Walborn Mfg. Co., established 1911, is a partnership consisting 
of George H. Bickley, J. H. Walborn, Daniel Emerich and Albert Drumheller. 
They manufacture misses', children's and infants' McKay sewed and Goodyeai 
Turn shoes.. Twenty-two hands are employed in this factory with a daily out- 
put of two hundred-fifty pairs. 

A. E.Brown Shoe Co., incorporated 1910 with P. W. Fegley, President: 
Frank S. Brown, Secretary and Treasurer, and William B. Rudy as stock- 
holders. This business succeeded the partnership of A. E. Brown & Co., es- 
tablished in 1883, consisting of A. E. Brown and P. AV. Fegley. On the death 
of the former in 1904, Mr. Frank S. Brown, a brother, succeeded his interest. 
In 1910 the business was incorporated with the officers mentioned above 
They manufacture misses', children's and infants' McKay sewed and Good- 
year Turn shoes. About sixty-five people are employed, with an output of six 
hundred to eight hundred pairs a day. 

F. C. Gerber Shoe Co., a partnership, consisting of Frank C. Gerber and 
A. H. Hertzel, manufacture children's and infants' Goodyear Turn shoes 
They employ fifteen people, with a daily output of one hundred seventy-five 
pairs. 

The Kepner-Scott Shoe Co., incorporated 1907 with Alex Scott. Presi- 
dent ; W. C. Kepner, Secretary and Treasurer, and F. G. Woodington, Super- 
intendent, succeeded the firm of Kepner, Scott & Co., established in 1890. On 
the death of Mr. W. C. Kepner, in March, 1913, Miss Elsie M. Hartman waf. 
elected Secretary and Treasurer. They manufacture the "Kesco" Shoe in 
misses', youths', little gents', children's and infants' McKays and Turns. They 
employ about fifty hands, with a daily output of seven hundred and fifty pairs. 

A. M. Miller & Co., established in 1891, manufacture m.edium grades of 
misses', children's and infants' McKay sewed and Goodyear Turn shoes. 
About fifty hands are employed, with a daily production of six hundred pairs. 

The Rehr Shoe Co., established 1899, originally consisted of H. Y. Ger- 
hard, Thomas Shoener and George A. Rehr. On the death of Mr. Geo. A. 
Rehr in 1912, his interest was taken over by Morris L. Bagenstose. They 
manufacture misses', children's and infants' Goodyear Turns. About fifty 
people are employed, with a daily output of six hundred pairs. 

Reliable Shoe Co., established in 1896, originally consisted of O. S. Heist 
A. L. Reed, and R. E. Yeager as partners. On the retirement of Mr. Yeager 
in 1911, Jos. L. Ege and E. H. Reed were admitted into the firm. They manu- 
facture misses', children's and infants' Turns, McKays and Welts, for domes- 
tic and export trade. About fifty people are employed, with a daly output of 
seven hundred pairs. 

Rohrer Shoe Co., established 1906, is a partnership consisting of John M. 
Rohrer, Newton A. Deibert and Sadie A. Rohrer. They manufacture misses', 
children's and infants' Goodyear Turn shoes. About fifty-five people are em- 
ployed, with a dail}' output of five hundred and fifty pairs. 

Werner Shoe Co., established 1907, is a partnership consisting of John 
A. Werner, Sr., John A. AA'erner, Jr., and Harry H. Werner. They took over 



the business of Reed & Shappell, which had been estabh'sh'ed in 1905. They 
occupy a new two story factory building and manufacture misses', children's 
and infants' Turns and McKays, with a daily output of four hundred and fifty 
pairs. About thirty-five people are employed. 

J. S. Zulick & Co., a partnership, established 1893, originally consisted of 
John S. and Harry M. ZuHck. On the retirement of the latter, Lin B. Zulick 
was admitted into the concern, 'ihcy manufacture specialties in misses', 
children's and infants' McKay and Turn shoes, with a daily production of nine 
hundred pairs. About eighty people are employed. 

J. S. ZULICK. 

Knitting Mills 

The Orwigsburg Knitting Mill owned, by J. A. Scharadin, was estab- 
lished in 1893. It has a capacity of about one thousand dozen daily and em- 
ploys eighty-five people, making children's and ladies' underwear. 

The Excelsior Knitting Co. was established in November, 1912. The 
members of the firm are M. Schraer, J. lieim and E. L. Klock. They manu- 
facture ladies' union suits, Ideal Brand, and employ about fifteen people, hav- 
ing a weekly output of one hundred twenty-five dozen. 

The Rohrer Knitting Mill was established in September, 1912. It is 
owned by William Rohrer. He employs about twenty-five people, having a 
daily output of one hunderd eighty dozen. 

The Franklin Knitting Mill was established in 1596. M. H. Moyer and 
R. W. Moyer comprising the firm. They manufacture ladies' ribbed cotton 
underwear. About thirty-five people are employed by this firm and have a 
daily output of about two hundred dozen. 

The cigar factory of S. R. Kepner was estal^lished 1883. He manufac- 
tures the following well known brands of cigars : Honest Value, Countess, 
Lehigh Valley, Bouquet Special. Thirty-five people are employed and eight 
thousand five hundred cigars are made every day. His son, S. Clyde Kepner, 
conducts a well supplied tobacco and cigar store. 

There are three broom making establishments in town, which are oper- 
ated by Charles Miller, Kaufliman & Shocner and Calvin Faust. 

First National Bank of Orwigsburg 

The first move toward the organization of the First National Bank of 
Orwigsburg, Pa., was held July 29th, 1890, with Mr. P. J. Ferguson, Tempor- 
ary Chairman; Mr, John R. Leisenring, Temporary Treasurer; Charles Bow- 
man and John Shoener, Secretaries. The following permanent organization 
was effected : 

Alonzo P. Blakslee President 

H. S. Albright Vice President 

George W. Garrett Cashier 

These officers were annually elected to their respective positions for 
twenty years when, on the death of Alonzo P. Blakslee, September 27th, 1911, 



Mr. H. S. Albright was elected President and Mr. George C. Diefenderfer. 
A'ice President, which officers hold their positions at the present time. 

The bank opened for business on September 23rd, 1890, in the corner 
room of the old William Mover property, corner Wayne and Market Streets, 
with a capital of $50,000. They remained here until April, 1898, when they 
moved to their own building on Centre Square. 

Total deposits April, 1913 .$367,000 00 

Total dividends paid 71,500 00 

Present surplus and undivided profits 52,000 00 

The following are the officers at the present time : 

H. S. Albright President 

George C. Diefenderfer Vice President 

George W. Garrett Cashier 

Maurice D. Walborn Teller 

Mr. Thom?iS B. Zulick has been the bank's Notary Public since its incep- 
tion. 



Building and Loan Association 

At the first public meeting for the purpose of organizing a Building and 
Loan Association, on the 13th of March, 1903, George C. Diefenderfer war 
made Temporary President and M. H. Moyer, Temporary Secretar}^. A per- 
manent organization was effected March 20th, 1903, and the following officers 
were elected : 

George C. Diefenderfer President 

A. M. Miller Vice President 

H. A. Weller Secretary 

M. H. Moyer Solicitor 

A charter was granted by the State, April 22d, 1903, and the authorized 
capital was made $700,000.00. The first meeting- for receiving dues was held 
May 26th, 1903, and payment was made on 495 shares. In May of each year a 
new series is opened and at the present time 1,142 shares are held by the 
people, and $92,512.61 has been loaned out. 

It is worthy of especial note that in the ten years of the Orwigsburg 
Building and Loan Association's existence, it has not been necessary' to take 
any action against an}' of its borrowers. 

The following hold office at the present time : 

George C. Diefenderfer President 

A. M. Miller Vice President 

H. S. Albright Treasvu-er 

George W. Garrett Secretary 

M. H. Moyer Solicitor 



FRATERNAL ORDERS 



Faith Temple No. 131, Ladies of the Golden Eagle 

FAITH Temple No. 131, L. of the G. E., was instituted November 14th, 
1902, by Mrs. Mary E. Schollenberger, of Hamburg, and Mrs. Olivia 

Anthony, of Orwigsburg, members of Charity Temple No. 88, of Ham- 
burg, Pa. The charter members numbered 57. The first of@cers were : Past 
Templar, Mrs. Annie Bossier; Noble Templar, Mrs. Emma Miller; Vice 
Templar, Mrs. Ella Jacobs; Marshal of Ceremonies, Mrs. Minnie Fisher; 
Guardian of Records, Miss Lai. E. Lebengood ; Guardian of Finance, Miss 
Jennie Fessler; Guardian of Exchequer, Mrs. Emm.a Yeager ; Priestess, Miss 
Sadie Rohrer ; Prophetess, Mrs. Lizzie C. Fidler ; Guardian of Music, Mrs^ 
Estella Gerber ; Guardian of Inner Portal, Miss Kate Witman ; Guardian of 
Outer Portal, Miss Ida Miller; Trustees, Mrs. Annie Zulick, Mrs. Annie 
Bossier and Mrs. Bessie Unger. The meetings are held every Friday evening 
in Odd Fellows" Hall. Death benefits have been paid for five companions 
($100 each) and $50 each for six husbands. Four dollars per week for ten 
weeks and two dollars thereafter sick benefits have been paid without default 
in a single instance. 

The present membership is almost 100 and the assets more than $1,000. 
The future of the Temple is assured, and the motto, Faith, Hope and Charity, 
is goading the members on to higher aims and purposes. 

Daughters of Rebekah 

Lavender Rebekah Lodge No. 49 was organized March i9th, 1903, by 
Mrs. Kate Dennis, D. D., President of Mahanoy City, assisted by a number 
of members from Mahanoy City and New Ringgold. 

Seventy-two sisters and fifty-four brothers were obligated as charter 
members. The first officers were as follows : N. G., Tevillia Raabe ; V .G., 
Ida Amon ; Secretary, Maggie L. Knepper, and Treasurer, Emma A. Yeager. 

The Rebekah Degree was conferred upon seventy-nine sisters and fifty- 
eight brothers, April 16th, 1903, by the degree staff of Hester R. Lodge No. 29, 
of Tamqua, Pa. 

Meetings are held weekly (Thursday evening) in Odd Fellov/s' Hall. 
The weekly and death benefits have been promptly paid. Appeals from insti- 
tutions connected with the I. O. O. F. have been responded to most liberally 
and in a spirit characteristic of true womanhood. 

The assets of the lodge are more than $1,200, and the present member- 
ship, 73 sisters and 29 brothers. 

F. and A. M. 

Schuylkill Lodge No. 138, Free and Accepted Masons, was organized 
June 7th, 1813. It is certainly a happy coincidence that with the Borough of 
Orwigsburg, in which it has held its regular meetings, it celebrates the one 
hundredth anniversary of its institution, in the month of June, 1913. 

The first officers were : Theophilus Hughes, W. M. ; Robert Scott, 
S. W., and Wm. Nice, J. W. The first meetings were held in Graeff's Hotel, 



now known as the Rising Sun. The next place where meetings were held was 
in one of the rooms of the old Court House. Meetings were held at this place 
until 1873. For a time it met in Odd Fellows' Hall, then in Fegley's Hall. A 
few years ago the Masons purchased the Kern building, on the third floor of 
which they have a hall not only artistic, but complete in all its appointments. 
The present officers are: E. Raymond Linder, W. M. ; Edward H. D. Reed, 
S. W. ; Harry W. Smith, J. W. ; Treasurer, H. S. Albright ; Secretary, Oscar 
D. Petery. 

Schuylkill Lodge has a membership of more than a hundred, and consists 
of representative citizens in all legitimate walks of life. 

Improved Order of Red Men 

Nay-Aug Tribe No. 140, Improved Order of Red Men, was instituted 
July 11th, 1911. The first officers were: Sachem, Wm. E. Berger ; Senior 
Sagamore, Roy Kamp, Junior Sagamore, A. C. Moyer ; Prophet, Geo. Jacobs ; 
Chief of Records, F. C. Leymeister; Keeper of Wampum, Chas. Heisler. 

The Tribe meets in Fegley's Hall every Tuesday evening. Nay-Aug 
Tribe has a membership of 125 and financially is in good condition. The 
present ofificers are : Sachem., John T. Shoener ; Sr. Sagamore, J. M. Strause ; 
Jr. Sagamore, Chas. Morgan ; Prophet,' Howard News ; Chief of Records, F. C. 
Leymeister ; Collector of Wampum, D. H. Heist ; Keeper of Wampum,, Charles 
Heisler. 

The motto of the order is, "Freedom, Friendship and Charity." Nay- 
Aug Tribe is doing a great work in the community and by inculcating the 
broadest charity is helping many to be better citizens. That charity "which 
needs not to be sought, waits not for want to plead, but seeks the duty — nay, 
prevents the need." 

P. O. S. of A. 

On December 4th, 1867, a charter was granted to the Patriotic Order 
Junior Sons of America, of Orwigsburg. The charter members were: H. G. 
Kramer, John T. Shoener, Jere. Sterner, S. H. Garrett, Jonathan Smith, Philip 
Greiner, Chas. B. Bossard, Wm. F. Beyerle, Nathan Deibert, J. W. Deibert, 
Thomas Hoy, Thomas H. Zulick, John C. Beck, Dan F. Miller. 

Camp 86 was instituted in the "old Court House," January 7th, 1868. 
A. G. Hammer was the first Pesident ; John T. Shoener, Past President ; 
Thomas H. Zulick, Recording Secretary ; S. A. Garrett, Master of Forms and 
Ceremonies ; C. B. Bossard, Inner Guard. John T. Shoener and C. B. Bossard 
(the latter the only continuous member) are still members of the Carrlp. Camp 
86, Patriotic Order Sons of America, was reorganized January 17th, 1870. 
Meetings are held every Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall. 

The Camp has been honored by four District Presidents, in the last ten 
years. The Camp is financially strong, and its sick and death benefits are 
large. Thousands of dollars have been paid and the wants of many sorrow 
stricken families relieved. 

Camp 86 has assumed full responsibility for the decoration of soldiers' 
graves on Memorial Day. The present officers are : Herman F. Ketner, 
President; Samuel Neiswender, Vice President ; H. G. Miller, M. of F. and C. ; 



John F. Krater, Recording Secretary; W. A. Dietrich, Financial Secretary; 
George W. Lindenmuth, Treasurer. 

Camp 86 has a very creditable history and with a large membership and 
a treasury to correspond, will continue in its good work of instilling patriot- 
ism, benevolence and sustaining and promoting at an)^ and all cost our public 
schools. 

Knights of Malta 

Bethel Commandery No. 319, Ancient and Illustrious Order Knights of 
Malta, was instituted February 28th in Orwigsburg, Pa., with 62, charter mem- 
bers. The order dates back to A. D. 1048, when it was established as a charit- 
able and religious order at Jerusalem. It is neither a national, political or sec- 
tarian association. The most ancient knightly order in existence, and is the 
legitimate descendant of the illustrious, religious and military order of the 
middle ages ; heir to its greatness, and fully endowed with all its ancient rites 
and ceremonies. 









The order is religious, fraternal, military arid beneficial. Bethel Com- 
mandery is only eleven years old, but stands high in the com.munity, and its 
membership, in common with the entire body of the order, is filled with loyalty 
and enthusiasm and full of confidence in the great future that is dawning upon 
the Knights of Malta in America. 



I. O. O. F, 

Grace Lodge No. 157 was organized March 19th, 1846. Charter mem- 
bers: A. D. Baum, John C. Rahn, Wm. F. Tyson, Michael Seltzer, Christian 
Seltzer, Samuel Bossard, Chas. A. Rahn, Daniel K. Graefif, Geo. D. Boyer, 
Andrew Deibert, Henry Ege, John Ege, Seth Leymeister, Geo. A. Fey, Wm. 
Biehl, Jacob Reinheimer, Henry Crowmiller, Daniel P. Moyer, Isaac Orwig, 
Jr. The first elective officers were : A. D. Baum, N. G. ; John C. Rahn, V. G. ; 
Wm. F. Tyson, Secretary; Michael Seltzer, Assistant Secretary; Christian 
Berger, Treasurer. 

The lodge meets every Saturday evening in Odd Fellows' Hall. The 



building is owned by the lodge and the hall is commodious and admirably 
adapted for lodge purposes. Grace Lodge has a membership of 250 and has 
52 Past Grands. The degree team is second to none in our county. The 
present officers are : Chas. W. Reed, N. G. ; Wm. Berkheiser, V. G. ; A. H. 
Hertzel, Recording Secretary; George Wise, Financial Secretary; Chas. F. 
Rapp, Treasurer. Grace Lodge is not only well to do financially, but as an 
exemplar of "Friendship, Love and Truth" has no superior. 

Industrial Council No. 437, Order of Independent Americans 

Industrial Council No. 437 was instituted April 17th, 1890, as a subordi- 
nate Council of Jr. O..U. A. M., with 127 charter members. The first Councilor 
was Dr. E. K. Steckel. The Council seceded from the Jr. O. U. A. M. and be- 
came affiliated with the Order of Independent Americans on December 14th, 
1904. 

The Council meets every Thursday evening in Fegley's Hall. Present 
membership, 360; honorary, 1. Assets, $13,860.64. The weekly benefits are 
$2.00 for first week's sickness, $5.00 per week thereafter as long as sickness 
or disability continues ; $200 for death of a member's wife ; $500 for death of a 
member, and $750 for a m.ember belonging to the Extra Benefit Class. The 
weekly and death benefits paid have relieved the wants and proved a blessing 
to many grief-stricken families. The present officers are as follows : Jr. Past 
Councilor, Adam C. Gerber ; Councilor, Irvin F. Scharadin; Vice Councilor, 
Clyde R. Thorn ; Recording Secretary, Harry F. Ketner ; Assistant Recording 
Secretary, Ray M. Bagenstose ; Financial Secretary, Morris L. Bagenstose ; 
Treasurer, Harry W. Shappell ; Conductor, John F. Bachman ; Warden, 
Howard N. Deibert ; Inside Sentinel, James Wilson ; Outside Sentinel, P. S. B. 
Krater; Chaplain, Dan F. Miller; Trustees, Dan F. Miller, C. E. Gerber and 
P. S. B. Krater. 

That Industrial Council No. 437 is in good hands is best attested by the 
condition of its treasury. Every young man connecting himself with an order 
so noble in principle and so liberal in case of sickness or death can count him- 
self fortunate indeed. 

JOHN T. SHOENER. 



GENERAL STORES 

ORWIGSBURG, for a town of its size, has good stores, well supplied to 
meet the demands of their patrons. All of them enjoy liberal patronage 
from the townsfolk and the people from the surrounding agricultural 
districts. 

The following conduct up-to-date stores, all of which handle a complete 
line of groceries, dry goods and notions : Wagner & Linder, C. W. Edwards, 
Geo. W. Paxson, S. D. Deibert, Andrew Heim, F. C. Leymeister, Mrs. S. Him^ 
melreich, and Fred. Shoener, who lately opened his store at the corner of 
Wayne and Mifflin Streets. 



Clothing — Shoes 

E. Ray Linder conducts an up-to-date furnishing shoe and clothing store 
on Centre Square, also making clothes to order. 

Edward Moore has recently opened a tailoring establishment in the room 
adjoining the old Court House, where he is doing a merchant tailoring busi- 
ness. 

George W. Werner has a fine, modern store at the eastern end of Centre 
Square, where he handles a full line of shoes, dry goods and notions and 
conducts a millinery store supervised by his wife. 

S. S. Weiss, of Pottsville, has recently opened a branch dry goods store 
in this town, conducted by Mr. Prince. 

Drug Stores 

There are two drug stores in Orwigsburg, both capable of filling pre- 
scriptions and supplying the public with necessary medicinal articles. The 
store of Dr. G. K. Binkley is located in the middle of the Square, while Dr. 
H. Y. Hartman is located on West Market Street. 

Meat Markets 

Mr. Albert Seltzer and Herbert Honsberger supply Orwigsburg with the 
meats necessary for the up-keep of the town's many workers. 

Green Groceries 

Orwigsburg is well supplied with green groceries conducted by Morris 
Reed, Wm. Douglass, Wm. H. Moyer, Jr., and Elmer Boyer, besides the 
produce which is huckstered by the farmers. 

Harness Maker 

Francis Yeager conducts a harness and saddler shop on East Market 
Street, being well fitted to do all kinds of repairing. 

Insurance Agencies 

Orwigsburg has four reliable fire insurance agencies: S. R. Kepner, 
R. W. Moyer, O. D. Petery and H. H. Brownmiller, while Mr. Reichert is the 
local agent for the Prudential Life Insurance Company. Messrs. H. H. 
Brownmiller and O. D. Petery are also Notaries Public and Justices of the 
Peace. Mr. Thos. B. Zulick is also a Notary Public. 

Confectionery and Stationery 

Herman G. Miller and Geo. W. Scheipe conduct well regulated confec- 
tionery and stationery stores, the former handling all the latest periodicals and 
is the news agent for Philadelphia and Pottsville papers. Mrs. S. Himmel- 
rich and Elvin Boyer also handle a fine line of confections. 

Restaurants 

Elvin Boyer and Herman G. Miller have modern restaurants capable of 
supplying the transient trade with meals. In conjunction therewith they con- 
duct ice cream parlors, serving the highest quality cream. 



Physicians 

Four physicians, viz : Dr. G. K. Binkley, Dr. H. Y. Hartman, Dr. E. L. 
Klock, Dr. H. W. Dechert have large practices in and about Orwigsburg, keep- 
ing them all very busy. These men are all very able practitioners and are well 
equipped to care for the sick. 

Attorney 

Mr. M. H. Moyer, the guardian of the town's legal interests and Solicitor 
for the Board of Poor Directors of Schuylkill County, is an able and efficient 
lawyer in •good standing at the Schuylkill County Bar. 

Dairies 

The town has many good and sanitary dairies, among which are those of 
Dan Berg, Jacob Bohrman, John Mengle, Wm. Schaefifer and Mr. D. Broscius. 
All excepting the former have regular routes which they traverse daily, giving 
their patrons pure milk and efficient service. 

Undertaking and Embalming 

Mr. C. E. Greenawald has established his business in this town for many 
years and has the confidence of the entire community. He is without compe- 
tition and has a wide field for his work, which he does very efficiently. 

Blacksmiths 

Two blacksmiths, Elmer Trout and Roger Trout, located at the rear of 
their West Market Street properties, find plenty of business to keep them 
occupied the entire year. George Bohn conducts a wheelwright shop on West 
Market Street. 

Hardware Stores 

Mr. J. H. Long has one of the most completely furnished hardware stores 
in this section of the state. He has lately established show rooms in the Odd 
Fellows' building and in Harlem. Hall, and is well fitted to do roofing and tin- 
smithing. 

Mr. John Adams has recently opened his new hardware store on Centei 
Square and although his business is in its infancy, he is enjoying a very liberal 
patronage. 

Dray Lines 

The numerous industries and stores of Orwigsburg require the services 
of first class dray lines. Joseph Raub and George Heim have teams operating 
between the Lehigh Valley R. R. at Orwigsburg and the P. & R. at Landing- 
ville, and the Pennsylvania at Adamsdale. In conjunction with this line Mr. 
Raub conducts a first class livery stable and also serves the residents of Or- 
wigsburg with pure spring ice. 

Dentist 

Dr. H. L. Erb, at his home on West Market Street, conducts a well 
equipped and well regulated dental parlor, where he is kept very busy. 



Veterinary Surgeon 

Dr. R. H. Fessler has recently located here and has established a large 
practice in town and through the agricultural sections, where the need of a 
good veterinarian was keenly felt. Dr. Fessler is capably filling this need. 

Painters 

The people of Orwigsburg, being of an enterprising turn of mind, like to 
see their homes attractive and consequently the large corps of painters is kept 
busy. Among the town's prominent painters and paperhangers are John 
Zimmerman, John Miller, George W. Jacobs and Wm. U. Freed. 

Plumber 

Mr. M. E. Campbell, the town's only plumber, is busy throughout the 
year attending to the people's wants. He has charge of the water works and 
does much work in fitting out houses with steam and hot water plants. 

Cobblers 

Owing to the knowledge that many of our men have of shoes and leather, 
the business of cobbling has become quite prominent. We have several men 
who are experts in shoe repairing, among them are : Geo. Orwig, John Yeager, 
Robert Kauffman and Morris Deibert. 

Implement Dealers 

The agricultural community in which we live, makes the implement busi- 
ness a profiitable one, and the farmers find good selections of farming imple- 
ments at the business places of J. H. Long and A. F. Kimmel. Mr. Kimmel is 
also the agent for the International Harvester Truck and the Mighty Michigan 
Automobile. 

Flour and Feed 

The S. R. Moyer Estate and Gerber Bros, are proprietors of the two flour 
and feed establishments in Orwigsburg. The many poultry fanciers in our 
town purchase much grain and make this business quite profiitable. 

Plaster and Concrete 

Mr. Michael Heine has carefully built up a business in masonry, plaster- 
ing and concrete which has given him the confidence of the public. Lately he 
has confined Ms attentions m.ore particularly to concrete work, having recently 
purchased a Kent concrete mixer to help him in his work. He contemplates 
purchasing a powerful truck to do his hauling. 

Contractor 

W. G. Kramer, a native of Orwigsburg, having thoroughly mastered the 
business of carpentering, has entered the field as a contractor and has recently 
erected and improved many houses. Among the other carpenters in our town 
are Daniel Miller, Charles Miller, Fred Heiser and Reuben Kemp. 



Bakery 

William Scharadin has a modem, well equipped bakery, where he pro- 
duces much material for the consumption of the townsfolk and people of the 
surrounding country. H. G. Miller also handles bread from the bakery of 
Michel, at Schuylkill Haven. 

Tonsorial Artists 

We have in our town two well established tonsorial pailors located on 
Center Square, under the management of Edward Bachman and John Jacobs. 
Both are well patronized and do very satisfactory work. 

Coal Dealers 

Owing to the proximity of our town to the anthracite real regions, we 
have several dealers who supply our residents with coal. An-'ong these are 
Charles Heisler, S. N. Reed, Joseph Raub and Frank Seltzer, the latter, how- 
ever, gets m.ost of his coal from the washeries along the Schnyll ill River and 
because of their being cheaper they are veiy acceptable to the people. 

Poultry Dealers 

Many of our people have taken a fancy to chickens, and in addition to 
having them as a diversion from their regular work, have trken to rrising 
them as a business, which they find quite profitable. They all keep pure 
strains of the best varieties of fowls and can therefore command a pure for 
their product. Among those who deal quite extensively in this line are J- H 
Long, Walter Kimmel, Paul Carnes and Harper Daniels; the fovr-er has 
added to his poultry farm a very large peach orchard from which he expects 
an immense crop this year. 

Newspaper 

The "Orwigsburg News," southern Schuylkill's only weekly newspaper, 
is published by Mr. Gus Samuel, who also does a big business in job printing, 
etc. 

Hotels 

There are four up-to-date hostelries in Orwigsburg. The Arcadian 
House, Harry Kneasel, proprietor, was in the early days of Orwi?sburg's his- 
tory, the Reifsnyder Tavern. The S.i.sing Sun Hotel, C. A. Fisher, proprietor, 
is also an old land-mark, having been the Graeff Tavern. Hotel Schall, D. R, 
Schall, proprietor, and the Harlem House, John Knarr, proprietor, are also 
very old establishments that have, since the early day, undergone considerable 
changes. These hotels are all well conducted and cater to large permanent 
and transient trade. 

Machinists 

There are two very efficient machinists, Val. Heiser, \\'est Mifflin Street, 
and Conrad Rudlofif, South Wayne Street, who are always kept busy keeping 
the many wheels of Orwigsburg's industries going round. 

Marble Cutter 

Air. D. Heist is a very skilled marble cutter and inscription carver. His 
yards are located on West Market Street. 



THE firm of Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, of Pottsville, Pa., takes great pleasure 
in extending congratulations to the citizens of Orwigsburg, Pa., upon their 
One Hundredth Anniversary, and may they live long and prosper in the 
future as they have in the past, and may the same cordial relations continue to 
exist between this firm and the good people of Orwigsburg as in years gone by are 
wishes of the Manager, C. Geo. Miller. 




This is not intended as an advertisement. It is only a friendly contribution 
to further the interests of our neighboring borough while celebrating their One 
Hundredth Anniversary which will take place on June 8th and will continue 
during the entire week, and if anything else that we can do for our friends to assist 
them in this great undertaking it will be our greatest pleasure. 

Sincerely yours, ■ 

DIVES, POMEROY & STEWART, 
June 8, 19:3. Potts\-ille, Pa. 




THE LIVE STORE 



We ask for your patron- 
age on merit only. 

CLOTHING, HATS and FURNISHINGS 



DOUTRICH & CO. 

North Centre Street, Pottsville. 



Kaufman's European 
Hotel 



Noted for their Salads 
and Deviled Crabs. 



D. KAUFMAN, Prop'r. Schuylkill Haven. 



'If you deal else- 
where, we both 
lose. ' ' 



The Britton-Hoffman Co. 



You can pay cash 
or say 
"charge it." 



IT'S always been a hobby of ours — always been our aim — always one of the 
things we tried to "hammer home" into the people who are with us to serve 
you — always done our level best to impress it upon you, to prove it to you — 
always by the very looks of the store, the character, quality and value of the 
goods we offered you — always by the treatment, the terms, the insisting on you 
being entirely satisfied — that we offer yoti in all that stands jor satisjactory 
dealing and trading 

"Just a Little Bit Better than Anywhere Else" 



Furniture 

for any 
part of the 
home. 



Carpets 

any grade 
your floors 
may de- 
mand. 



St 



oves 



guaran- 
teed to 
cook, bake 
and heat. 




Clothing 

for any 
one of the 
family. 



Suits and 
Coats 

that will 
fit right 
and wear 
right. 



Go-Carts, 
Refrigera- 
tors 

Anything 
for the 
home. 



We have a fine large safe building right in the heart of the town— close to all railroad sta- 
tions—and all trolley "cars pass the door — Make it your headquarters when in town — you are 
AIvWAYS weltome heie 

You'll always find in addition to regular stocks — a big line of lamps and domes — a nice line 
of toilet sets and dishes— pretty pictures — lace curtains that are tasty — besides which we are 
headquarters for all national advertised articles and sole selling agents for a great many of them. 



7 South Centre Street to 

8 and lo South Second. 



The Britton-Hoffman Co. Pottsviiie, Pa. 



HATS FURNISHINGS 

Duffy & Connell 

Clothiers 

(The Store with a Conscience) 

Y. M. B. I. D. 



Corner Clothes Shop 

Pottsville 
JOHN T. DUFFY JOSEPH P. CONNELL 




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L Hummel's 
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Pottsville, Penna. 




Established 1874 



50,000 Sq. Ft. Floor Space 



YOU are cordially invited to call and inspect Schuylkill County's 
largest and best HOME FURNISHING store where you will 
find on display the finest line of articles for the home ever gathered 
together in this section of the state. 

Travelers of wide experience tell us that this is a wonderful 
store, the immensity of its stock and the remarkable variety and 
exceedingly wide price range, the convenience and beauty of the 
display rooms, together with its competent and courteous salesmen 
make this store unique among furniture houses of the state. 



QUALITY— We use the ut- 
.most care to offer only such 
merchandise as we know to be 
well worth the price we ask. 

We buy only from reputable 
manufacturers, and our system of 
thorough inspection guards 
against the posibility of defective 
merchandise reaching our cus- 
tomers. 



PRICE — Next to Quality is the 
most important feature with 
us. We much prefer to undersell 
than to be undersold — and we 
are proud of our reputation for 
selling m.erchandise of real qual- 
ity for less than any other repu- 
table house in the entire state. 



We are the Sole Agents for 

"Kenyon Take Down House 

The portable Bungalow with 
one to eight rooms. 



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Stop in and see the display on our main floor. 



T. D. BERGEN 



Best line of 

House 

Furnishings 



Undertaking a Specialty 



300=310 South Centre St. 
Pottsville. 



Don't Buy a Suit with a Cotton Lining 

The suit might wear but what good is a suit when the lining is in rags? 
VVe are mighty particular about our linings, we insist on all wool materials 
and serviceable alpacas. In every case you'll find that they match the fabrics 
perfectly and they'll wear just as long as the suit does, and bear in mind we 
guarantee our all wool suits to last a long time. 

$8.00 to $15.00 

DROBEL & HOFFMAN 

116 North Centre St., Pottsville. 



DOWNS, THE DRUGGIST 

Rexall Store 

IN BUSINESS FOR YOUR HEALTH 

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. 



We Please Others 

We Can Please You 



Have your GROCERIES and DRY GOODS 
delivered by our motor truck to your door. 

Orwigsburg delivery every Wednesday. 

Both Telephones. 



P. T. HOY & SONS CO. 

Schuylkill Haven. 




W. Q. KRAMER 



ORWIQSBURQ 

Contractor 
and Builder 



Lumber and Building: 
Material, Sash, Doors 
and Blinds. 

Metal Ceiling, Asbes= 
tos and Metal Shingles. 

Estimates given on short notice. 



E. Q. Underwood 



RELIABLE CLOTHIER 



Merchant Tailor 
and Furnisher 



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Schuylkill Haven 



Prospective 
Piano Buyers 




We have a large stock of 

PIANOS AND 
PLAYER PIANOS. 

Whether it is- style at $175.00, 
or our better styles at $500.00. 
Write for catalogues and 
prices. 

GRIM BROS. 



Some Day 

YOU WILL SURELY OWN A VICTROLA. 

Right Now 

We have every Victrola style in stock, whether 
it is a $15.00 or $200.00 Victrola. Write for 
catalogues and terms. 




Victrola XI, $(00 



Grim Bros. 



Bell Telephone 131 J. 



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Established 1889 



The Orwigsburg News 

Southern Schuylkill's 
Only Newspaper. 

Published every Friday. $1-25 a Year. 

Gus. Samuel, Editor and Proprietor. 






JOB PRIMTING OF ALL KINDS 
A SPECIALTY. 



(^omplete line of 
Dry Goods and 
Groceries. 



S. D. DEIBERT. 



J. M. Michel C. L. Michel 

Michel Brothers 

BAKERS AND CONFECTIONERS 

Plain and Fancy Confectionery 
for the Trade. 

Schuylkill Haven. 



GIVE FRANKLIN C. LEYMEISTER a call 
while in town during Home Week. It's a 
General Variety Store. 



Orwigsburg. 



J. H. LONG, Hardware Dealer 

We carry in stock everything of house construction materials and house 
furnishings. If you cannot find what you want, ask us, we can furnish you. 
Our present store floor capacit}' is 10,000 feet. 
Main Store en I iberty Street. 

Show room for Stoves and Refrigerators, corner Main and Liberty Sts. 
Show room and warehouse, Main St., next door to Harlem Hotel. 



GEO. J. SCHOTT 

CORNER GROCER 

Second and Mahantongo Streets, Pottsville. 



Keystone Badge Co. 



612-614 Court Street 
Reading, Pa. 



Designers and Manufacturers of 

Badges 
Buttons 
Banners 

for all societies and 
for all occasions. 



Oscar Knipe & Co. 

Manufacturer of all kinds of 

PAPER BOXES 

Orwigsburg. 



Toot! Toot! Toot! 

Recently we blew our own horn just one little toot, and it was pro- 
ductive of good results for everjr buyer in our communit}', and every 
customer profited by Reducing High Cost of Living from every depart- 
ment in our store. 

We not only ?ell grcceries at the lowest possible prices, but do the 
same in every line of goods. 

Always spick and span, up to the minute. The newest productions 
the New York markets afford. Ladies' Furnishings of all descriptions. 
Ladies' Bulgarian and fancy trimmed washable and Silk Waists from 75c. 
Ladies' beautiful underwear at all prices. Seeing is believing. Come and 
see, and appreciate our m.otto. Quick Sales and Small Profits. 

WAGNER & UNDER 

THE LEADING GENERAL STORE 

Orwigsburg. 



THE OLD RELIABLE 

HIRSHLER & GREEN WALD CO. 

EVERYTHING UP-TO-DATE IN MEN'S WEARING APPAREL 

The Oldest Clothing House in the County and 
the originators of the famous 

H. & G. CLOTHES 

HIRSHLER & GREEN WALD CO. 
10 North Centre St., Pottsville. 



FOR YOUR 

Hardware, Garden and Field 
Seeds, Ranges, Wear Ever 
Cooking Utensils and Paints 
go to 

JOHN H. ADAMS 

Hardware. Orwigsburg. 



WiW. HOCK 

COAL AND BUILDING MATERIAL 

Yards at Pottsville and Cressona. 
Both Telephones. 



Joseph Raub 

Orwigsburg 

Livery and 
Transfer 

Coal and Ice 



What We Do 

Please you, satisfy you, make you feel like calling again. 

E. DEULL 

PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 

204 North Centre Street, Pottsville. 
Bell 'Phone 7-B. 

For Bladder and Kidney Trouble use 

PINE CONE GIN 

W. HARTMAN 

Schuylkill Haven. 




ELVIN BOYER 

GREEN GROCERY AND RESTAURANT 

ICE CREAM AND CONFECTIONERY 

Orwigsburg. 

BOX BALL 

The new scientific and vigorous bowling game, that is taking like 
wild-fire wherever introduced. Requires all the skill of ten-pins, with 
more moderate muscular exertion. It is very popular with ladies in other 
cities. We want the ladies of Orwigsburg to try it. 

EISENHUT.H BROS. 

Pocket Billiards Cigars 

Pennant Base Ball Tobacco 



Concreting :: Plastering 
Masonry 



Now is the best time of the year to have your concreting, 
plastering, masonry work done. Come and see me, and I will give 
you estimates on your job. 

Specialties in cem..ent blocks, slabs, etc. Have on hand at all 
times material for the above kinds of work. 

Very lowest prices. 



MICHAEL HEINE 

Orwigsburg. 



OUTFITTERS TO WOMEN 

DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS 

COATS, DRESSES 

WAISTS 

STYLE :: QUALITY :: PRICE 

FELIX'S 

Schuylkill Haven. 



Andrew Heim 



General 
Merchandise 

Orwigsburg. 



HERMAN G. MILLER 



Periodicals of All Kinds 
and Daily News 



Cigars, Tobacco, Stationery, Confectionery, Ice Cream, Soda Water. 

Job Printing a Specialty. Both Telephones 



We are Leaders in Our Line 



Harness-- "•^^^7, •2^f,7--''^^^ 

means the best. 

TRUNKS, BAGS, SUIT CASES, 

LADIES' BAGS, CARD CASES, 

PURSES, BILL BOOKS. 

The Largest Line of GLOVES in the Region. 



H. R. Knapp 

206 South Centre Street, Pottsville. 



WERNER'S 

For Good Shoes 

Stvlish Millinery 

White Goods 

Corsets, Hosiery 

Underwear and House Dresses 



We are Headquarters tor Ladies' Furnishings 
and Children's Outfits. 



In the future as in the past 

Ladies' Clothing and Footwear 

for 

Satisfaction 
E. RAY LINDER 



GO TO 

C. W. GORSGH'S 

ORIGINAL CUT RATE 
MEDICINE STORE 



and save 33 to 50 per cent, on your Medicines, 
and everything in the Drug Line ; and we Fill 
Prescriptions at cut rate. 

Clcsed all day Sunday. 

202 North Centre Street, Pottsville. 



MORRIS H. MOVER OFFICES:] 

ATTORNEY- AT- LAW 



POTTSVILUE. 
ORWIGSBURG 



Better than the Best 

CONVINCE YOURSELVES OF THE 
STANDARD QUALITY 

J. Martin Rye and 

Field Club Whiskey 

GEO. W. JUNGKURTH 

474 North Centre Street 
Pottsville. 



E. J. BACHMAN 

BARBER 

ORWIGSBURG 



ALBERT SELTZER 
meat market 

ORWIQSBURQ 




OLD HOME WEEK 



Souvenir Badges, Pennants, Novelties, Fobs, Celluloid 
Advertising Novelties, Prize Cups, Medals, Trophies, 
Watches showing any picture view. Initials, Emblems, 
Interchangeable Stone Set Scarf Pins, Jewelry, etc. 

Q. A. Schlechter Co. 

636 Court Street, Reading, Pa. 



Cherry Town Poultry Yards 

W. F. KIMMEL, Prop'r 

S. C. White Le§:horn Specialist 

Agent for 
CYPHERS INCUBATOR CO. 

Cor. Columbia and Mifflin St., Orwigsburg. 



Rising: Sun Hotel 

C. A. FISHER, Prop'r 

Orwigsburg 



C. C. MOVER 

WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 
Repairing- of the Very Finest. 

A Fine Assortment of the Leading Watches 

in Stock. 

ORWIGSBURG. 



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C. e: GREENAWALD 

FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER 

Courteous and prompt attention, 
day and night. 



J. J. JACOBS 

TONSORIAL PARLORS 

ORWIGSBURG. 



E. F. SCHLASEMAN 



DEALER IN 



GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, FLOUR, FRUITS, 
VEGETABLES, SEEDS, &c. 

304 North Centre Street, Pottsville. 



DR. H. L. ERB 



O n YKl ORPINGTONS (Kellerstrause and Owen Strains) 



LEGHORNS (Ferris Strain) 

stock for Sale. Eggs in Season. 
ORWIQSBURQ 



'^ electric -R 



Do away with that old oil lamp, which always has an odor; 
leave me give you good light — light that has no equal except the 
"sun." 

Write or 'phone and I will give you plans and prices on your 
home for both Light and Labor-saving Devices. For instance, 
Electric Suction Cleaner, Washing Machine, Irons, or anything 
electrical. 

Also make a specialty of installing motors — same guaranteed 
and must give satisfaction. 

Both 'phones. 

RALPH H. DEIBERT 

Electrical Contractor 

Orwigsburg. 



WM. D. SCHARADIN 

BAKER 

Mothers' Bread and Bons, Fine Pies and Cakes. 
Pretzels a specialty. 

Funerals served at short notice. 

Orwigsburg. 



Kimmers Mill 

C. F. GERBER & BRO. 
Proprietors 

Flour, Feed 
and Grain 

Orwigsburg. 




For Plumbing, 

Steam and Hot 
Water Heating 
Plants 



Go to 



M. C. CAMPBELL 

Orwigsbur£(. 



H. B. HONSBERGER 
Meat Market 

CHOICE, FRESH AND SMOKED MEATS 
Orwigsburg. 

YOU ARE INVITED TO SEE 

BRIGGS Vertical Grand Pianos 

Made like a GRAND. Sounds like a GRAND. 
Life Guaranteed. 

This scientific departure in piano building is the result of fifty years of experience. 
Endorsed by members "Boston Symphony Orchestra," "Pittsburg Orchestra," "Paris 
Conservatory; "New England Conservatory," Boston; "Royal Academy of Music," Lon- 
don; and over loo other prominent musical organizations at ho7ne and abroad. No other 
piano like it. Also Merrille & Norris & Hyde and flayer Pianos of superior quality. 

E. T. EILER 

Schuylkill Haven. 

F. D. STARR 

DEALER IN 

BUILDERS' HARDWARE, 

STOVES AND HOUSE FURNISHINGS, 

TINSMITHING 
Schuylkill Haven. 



JOHN RARING 

GOOD SHOES 

POTTSVILLE 



See Samuel R. Kepner for 



FIRE INSURANCE, 

AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS, 
HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE, 
EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY INSURANCE 
AND BONDING. 



Representing none but the most reliable companies with 
Assets of $119,473,353.00. 
Surplus of 59,610,345.00. 



B. & J. SAYLOR 



Fourth and Penn Streets 
Reading, Pa. 



The Old Stand for Good, Pure Foods 
at Little Cost. 



We roast our own coffees, make our own candies and 
cakes fresh every day. We buy direct from the canner and 
producer ; no middle profits — that goes to you. Over 40 
years in business. Visit the store when you com.e to the 
city. 



GARVIN'S 
ART GALLERY 

217 SOUTH CENTRE STREET 
POTTSVILLE 



Picture making is an innportant branch 
of our work. Photographs of homes, family 
and society groups, public buildings, ma- 
chinery, etc. 



We Sell and Frame Pictures 

that are worthy of space and place in every home, library 
and school in the country. A picture is the best and most 
appreciated gift in the world. 

Few can possess the masterpieces, but good reproduc- 
tions are within the reach of all. 



EASTMAN KODAKS, Brownie Cameras, Premo Film Pack 
Cameras, and all supplies. 

Developing, Printing and Finishing receive our special 
attention. 



GARVIN'S ART GALLERY 

217 S. Centre St., Pottsville. 
Mail Orders promptly attended to. 



WOOL DRESS GOODS 

Right straight along we are enthusiastic about our Dress 
Goods Stock. We take pride in it. Want to be known as the 
leading dress goods traders of this section. Columns of descrip- 
tion won't do the department justice. Whatever your dress 
thoughts may be, we honestly believe we can sell you what will 
be entirely satisfactory. All the new Spring shades. Many at 
the lowest possible prices. 

W. L. MARQUARDT 



FREDERIC GERHARD 

923 West Market Street, Pottsville. 

TEACHER OF MUSIC, VIOLIN SOLOIST 

and Teacher of Violin, Piano, Theory, 

Orchestra Playing. 



Both Telephones f. l. t.-s. of v.-t. o. t. e. Rates $1.50 

HOTEL HARLEM 

JOHN S. KNARR, Piop'r 
Orwigsburg 

First-class accommodation for the Public. Stabling and livery attached. 
Bar stocked with choice wines, liquors and cigars. 





The Famous Buick 

Overhead Vah'e Motor is guaranteed to have more power and 
more speed than any other type of motor on the market. 

THE BUICK CO. always have in stock over fi, 000,000 worth of parts. This 
represents our guarantee to always give you Buick service any time and any- 
where. Get a demonstration. 

Pottsville Automobile Co. 



202 South Centre Street 



JOHN J. MILLER 



THEO. K. LEININGER 



BOTH TELEPHONES 



PROMPT DELVERY 



JOYCE 

The Florist 



109 West Market Street 
Pottsville. 



Brockway Trucks 

RELIABLE— SIMPLE— ECONOMICAL 

i,ooo to 3,000 Pounds Capacity 
From $950 to $2,200 

P. T. HOY MOTOR SALES CO. 

Schuylkill Haven 
Write or call and arrange for demonstration. Both 'Phones 



Wm. M. Zerbey & Son 

Window Shades and 
Awnings 

NORTH CENTRE ST., POTTSVILLE 
INSURE YOUR HORSE WITH 

ATLANTIC MUTUAL 
HORSE INSURANCE CO. 

H. E. SHATZ, Orwigsburg 



F. A. Mack & Bro. 

PHOTOGRAPHERS 

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, we're told, but 
a good portrait of the absent one will keep the recollection , 
more vivid— and comfort many a lonely hour of separation. 

We make a specialty of portraiture and our studio is ' 
exceptionally equipped for fine portrait work. 

R A. MACK & BRO., Photographers 

111 N. Centre St., Pottsville. 



Arcadian Hotel 

ORWIGSBURG 
HARRY W. KNEA5EL, Proprietor 



EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION FOR PER- 
IV^ANENT AND TRANSIENT CUSTOM : : : : 
BAR STOCKED .WITH THE CHOICEST 
WHISKIES WINES, CIGARS, ETC. :: :: :: 
CHICKEN AND WAFFLES SERVED AT 
SHORT NOTICE. 



We price every article 
in this entire store in 
plain figures. 



J. MIEHLE & SON, Inc. 



POTTSVILLE 



Plain figiire marking 
means a square deal to 
the patrons of any 
house. 



PERHAPS you have noticed that we do not advertise any sensational sales of any de- 
scription, and we DO NOT,' and furthermore, WE WILL NOT. We are situated the 
same as all other Merchants, in that we are compelled to make a profit on our sales, 
otherwise we could not remain in business. We do not and are not going to give our mer- 
chandise away, but instead of placing fictitious prices on our goods, we mark them in a 
conservative manner, and mark them in PLAIN FIGURES, so that every customer Icnows 
that a clerk cannot raise a price, as can be done and is done, where the prices are not 
marked in plain figures. 

Do your sUopjing in the Store that is the People's Store of this County. 



COATS AND 
SUITS 

Everyone will want a Linen 
Coat or a Suit, and everyone 
will find the color they want, 
the material they want, and 
find it at the price they want 
to pay, in the assortment we 
have on display in our Coat 
and Suit Department. Every 
article carries our personal 
guarantee. 

Alterations Free. 



SIMMER 
UNDERWEAR 

We have the largest assort- 
ment of Ladies' Summer 
Underwear, Union Suits, sepa- 
rate Vests and Pants, in Lisle, 
Silk Lisle, Pure Thread, Silk 
and Cotton Ribbed, in the en- 
tire County, at prices ranging 
from 25c to $2.00. Watch the 
papers for special items in this 
line during the present month. 
Some very unusual values to 
be offered at low prices. 



EMBEOIDEEIES 

We have just received a 
l:irge assortment of 27 and 45 
inch Swiss and Voile Flounc- 
ing of unusual values and 
exquisite designs, from 39c 
to $4.50 

45 inch Voile Flouncing in 
15 designs, with galloons to 
match, regular $1.50 the 
yard 98c 

45 inch Hand Loom Swiss 
Flouncing, regular $1.75.. $1.00 

45 inch Embroidered Voile 
Flouncing, solid and eyelet ef- 
fects, regular $2.25 $1.69 

SHIRT WAISTS 

Shirt Waists in Lawn, 
trimmed in Lace, also Embroid- 
ered Crepe 98c 

Jap. Silk and Tub Silk 
Waists at $1.98 

Messaline, Chiffon and Crepe 
de Chine, in all colors, up 
to $7.50 

Working Waists in Percalle 
at 50c 



SPECIAL 

Summer Millinery, Flowers. 
Feathers, and all Trimmings, 
at Greatly Reduced Prices. 



SUMMER DRESS GOODS 

Irish Dimities. Corded Tis- 
sue and Scotch Zephyrs. Regu- 
lar 25c, at " 19c 

Chifion Lisse, an imported 
French Voile 29c 

Plisse Crepe, a decided nov- 
elty 19c 

Cotton Courderoy 29c 

Ripplette, a material that 
needs no ironing 15c 

Printed Lawns, neat and 
dainty patterns, regularly sells 
for 12%c SVaC 

Printed Flaxons, regular 19c 
quality 15c 

SPECIAL FOR LADIES 

Electric Brand House 
Dresses, in Ginghams, Percales 
and Checks, from . .98c to $1.50 

The Simplicity Combination 
House Dress and Apron.. . .98c 

Combinations, Petticoats, 
Corset Covers and Drawers, 
from 25c each to $5.00 

Aprons,the dainty White, the 
large Gingham, the Black 
Sateen, the medium size Per- 
cale and the Coverall, from 19c 
to 69c 

Children 's Dresses, Infants ' 
Wear, Kimonas, Etc., to be 
found on our second floor in 
great varieties. 



Why pay car fare and spend the time traveling to and from to make yovir purchases? 
Mail or 'phone us your wants. We have an experienced shopper to select your merchan- 
dise, and we guarantee you the same identical service and merchandise, as though you had 
made the purchase in person. 

When you see an advertisement from this Store in the papers, you can feel satisfied 
that we have something unusual to offer, for it is our policy to advertise only real and 
honest values at all times. 



KEPNER'S 



"Honest Value" 
"Lehigh Valley" f .^^ 
"Countess" ^^^^^^ 



"Van Allen" 
1 Oc Cigar 



LEADERS 



IN MEN'S FASHIONABLE TOGS. 

IN YOUNG MEN'S NOBBY MODEL SUITS. 

IN BOYS' CONCEITED EFFECTS. 

MOVER & BAUSUM 

loo North Centre Street, Pottsville. 



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Eventually Your Jeweler 





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8 So. Centre Street -Potp^iWe^Pa. 
<Jeweler Stationer CSilversmitfi 



Known to the Public over 
half a century. 



The Orpheum Theatre 

HOME OF THE SILENT DRAMA 

Photoplays that please particular people. Nothing offered 
but selected Moving Picture features. 

A. H. Edwards, Manager. 



Doutrichs 

"Always Reliable" 

Clothing: 

Satisfaction or your money back 

North Centre Street, Pottsville 



LUKE J. LEE ROBERT E. LEE 

LEES' 

FINE GROCERY 

POTTSVILLE 

Everything you may want in Fine Groceries, Fruit and 
Vegetables in and out of season at 

LEE BROTHERS . 

Both Telephones Pottsville 




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Jewelry Wisdom is buying good Jewelry. It adds an 

air of refinement and elegance to any costume. 

Both the intending purchaser and the person who is "just shop- 
ping" are equally welcome here. 

We like to show our goods, we are pr^ud of them. 

It's Jewelry Wisdom to buy here because we carry all that's good. 

W. H. MORTIMER 

Manufacturing Jeweler 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL POTTSVILLE 



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